Constructing Verifiable Models for Radiofrequency Ablation Simulation
| Authors | Mühl Judith |
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| Appeared in | Minimally Invasive Technologies and Nanosystems for Diagnosis and Therapies |
| Publisher | Lupiensis Biomedical Publications , |
| Date | 2008 |
| Abstract | Modeling the process of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to support pre-interventional prediction of the treatment result has been desired for more than one decade by now. Still a correct description is mathematically demanding and needs further investigation into medical facts. The process is highly dependent on the patient specific anatomy and physiology. Descriptions from an engineering perspective explain many details, but are rarely integrated into one all encompassing model. None of the models dealing with realistic predictions has been verified. Therefore, none of them is suitable for use in clinical practice. This paper describes the details of the RFA process from an engineering perspective and presents the state of the art in computational prediction for the intervention. An approach towards verifiable models and which tasks have to be solved to gain them is discussed, and difficulties on the way pointed out. |
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